Over the past few NFL seasons, Minnesota Vikings star wide receiver Justin Jefferson has taken the league by storm as he’s quickly established himself as one of the most dominant receivers and overall players in the entire NFL. And on Sunday, he had one of his best performances yet against the Buffalo Bills, finishing the game with a career-high 193 receiving yards on 10 catches, one of which went for a touchdown.
While the stat line is impressive by itself, there was one play in particular that drew plenty of attention from the NFL world.
On 4th-and-18 down with the game on the line, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins threw the ball up to Justin Jefferson deep downfield. It initially looked like the ball was going to go over Jefferson’s head and would likely be intercepted, but Jefferson went up and snagged it out of the air with one hand in what was one of the most incredible plays of the NFL season.
JUSTIN JEFFERSON CATCH OF THE YEAR pic.twitter.com/rxFILheiOe
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After the game, Jefferson got very candid about his catch, saying “it felt like a movie.
“It felt like it was unreal, felt like a movie,” Jefferson said after the game, according to the Star Tribune. “I told everybody this means, this is our season, for us to win out, go to the Super Bowl. We just got to keep working.”
Ultimately, the Vikings went on to win an absolutely wild game. And they couldn’t have done it without this insane catch.
